[Emily Benoit]

I always sit down before an art lesson and draw whatever it is I’m learning, for example now I’m doing head studies, so I can pinpoint some trouble areas and what I hope to gain from each lesson. Then I draw during the lesson, making notes of important tips or why a line is where it is or how to build up to the final thing. Then I draw what I learned a few times and decide if I truly understood what was being taught, if not, I go back and figure out which point of the course I might have missed or not understood or decide if maybe it’s a more fundamental reason I didn’t get the outcome I wanted (whether it’s the shapes, values, ect). 

I find pinpointing my problem areas before and after really help me progress a lot quicker so I’m not focusing more on something I’m already decent at. 

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